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submitted 1 week ago by t3rmit3@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

Israel launched a major attack on Iran, drawing their long-running shadow war into the open conflict in a way that could spiral into a wider, more dangerous regional war.

The strikes early Friday set off explosions in the capital of Tehran as Israel said it was targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities. Iranian state media reported that the leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and two top nuclear scientists had been killed.

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

What sparked the flight? Or is Israel just looking to get in a fight with everyone?

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Netanyahu is insisting that Iran is only months away from having nukes. Experts disagree. My personal opinion is this is another ploy of his to stay in power, since the "war" in Gaza has been winding down.

[-] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 14 points 1 week ago

Iran

having nukes

Experts disagree

Man, where have I heard this one before?

[-] leetnewb@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago

Have a migraine and am struggling to parse this. Iraq?

[-] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

I misremembered it as being about Iran back then too, but yeah. It's the War on Terror excuse all over again.

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